M 4.8 in Solomon Islands on 23 May 2015 14:10 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1055653
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 39.84 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.0737 , 163.5487
Event Date: 23 May 2015 14:10 UTC
24 May 2015 01:10 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 May 2015 14:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 623 | About casualties: 41 | Last hour: 0

Tokyo Electric Power : Fukushima finishes purification process of stor ... Wed, 27 May 2015 14:10:00 +0200.

Tokyo May 27 (EFE).- The operator of the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant has finished purifying the 620,000 tonnes of radioactive water stored in tanks at the plant, overcoming the main stumbling block in the process of dismantling it. Al
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Alfarero nipón crea unas cerámicas para absorber agua radiactivaWed, 27 May 2015 13:37:00 +0200.

Un fabricante nipón de cerámica tradicional ha creado unos bloques de este material sin esmaltar capaces de absorber agua, una fórmula pensada para ayudar a almacenar de forma segura el líquido radiactivo que se acumula en la accidentada ce
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Primeira usina nuclear japonesa a ser reativada passa em teste de segu ... Wed, 27 May 2015 13:36:00 +0200.

Tóquio, 27 mai (EFE).- A usina nuclear de Sendai, a primeira que o Japão reativará em virtude da nova legislação aprovada após o acidente de Fukushima, superou nesta quarta-feira a última revisão de segurança antes dos procedimentos prévios
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Un alfarero nipón crea unas cerámicas para absorber agua radiactivaWed, 27 May 2015 13:22:00 +0200.

Tokio, 27 may (EFE).- Un fabricante nipón de cerámica tradicional ha creado unos bloques de este material sin esmaltar capaces de absorber agua, una fórmula pensada para ayudar a almacenar de forma segura el líquido radiactivo que se acumul
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),